Dryas punctata subsp. alaskensis (A.E. Porsild) Jurtz.
Publ. & Syn.Jurtz., Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 85, 6: 101 (1980). - Dryas alaskensis A.E. Porsild, Canad. Field-Naturalist 61: 187 (1947). Type (CAN): Alaska: the Alaska Range, Castner Glacier, 6325'N, 14540'W, 27. June 1927, leg. A.E. Porsild and R.T. Porsild. - Dryas octopetala subsp. alaskensis (A.E. Porsild) Hultén, Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 53: 532 (1959).
NotesElven and Murray: We are not convinced that subsp. alaskensis and subsp. punctata are as closely related as suggested by Yurtsev. An alternative is to accept Dryas alaskensis or D. alaskensis + D. hookeriana as one species.
Chromosomes18 (2x). - Alaska, Canada (Yukon). - Knaben (1968); Mulligan and Porsild (1969b).
GeographyAmphi-Beringian (E): RFE ALA CAN.
Distribution N = F     AN = f     D = R     E = F     CE = r     AW = f     [ key ]
Parent taxonDryas punctata Juz.
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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
Editorial Committee: Reidar Elven, David F. Murray (Museum of the North, University of Alaska), Volodya Yu. Razzhivin (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences), Boris A. Yurtsev [deceased] (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences)